Flashing Repairs in New Alresford

Flashing Repairs in New Alresford

New Alresford customers looking for flashing repairs turn to Hampshire Roof Repairs. Flashing is the material — traditionally lead, though alternatives exist — used to seal the junctions on a roof where two different surfaces meet: a chimney meeting the tiles, a roof meeting a wall, around a dormer window, or at the edge of a roof-light. These junctions can't be sealed with tiles or slates alone because the materials and the angles involved are too different, so flashing bridges the gap and is dressed to shed water away from the joint. It's also one of the more failure-prone parts of a roof, because it has to accommodate genuine thermal movement — expanding and contracting with temperature — as well as wind, and can be dislodged by anything from a heavy gust to nesting birds working under the edge. A lifted or split section of flashing is a very common, very fixable cause of a leak that otherwise looks mysterious, because the tiles either side of it can look completely undamaged. New Alresford's well-preserved Georgian centre means matching materials properly matters more here than almost anywhere else on this list, and the roofing on these period buildings is old enough that cracked ridge mortar, worn flashing and the occasional slipped tile are routine work rather than the exception. A repair here is very rarely a quick like-for-like swap — sourcing the right tile or slate is often the harder part of the job.

Why Choose Hampshire Roof Repairs in New Alresford?

Hampshire Roof Repairs brings the same standard of flashing repairs to every property in New Alresford, Hampshire. Re-sealing the lead or alternative material that waterproofs every junction on your roof — chimneys, walls, dormers.

Key Benefits

• ✓Covers every type of junction — chimneys, walls, dormers, roof-lights
• ✓Uses correctly dressed, properly lapped flashing rather than sealant as a quick fix
• ✓Often resolves leaks where the surrounding tiles look completely undamaged